Ildebrandino de Cremona

Ildebrandino de Cremona (1552-1590) was a Cardinal of the Papal States from 1589 until his death in 1590.

Biography
Ildebrandino de Cremona was born in the Lombardy region of Spanish Italy in 1552, and became an ordained priest at the age of 21. Cremona was instrumental in the conversion of the northern Italians to Catholicism to revert the efforts of Swiss and other Lutheran priests from converting the people to Protestantism. Ildebrandino was made a cardinal in 1589.

With power in the College of Cardinals, Ildebrandino assisted the Spanish Party during the French Wars of Religion (1562-1598) and attempted to convince the Pope to declare a crusade against the Kingdom of France. However, he was stabbed to death in the Vatican by two assailants sent by France to prevent such a move from succeeding.